Prognosis
U.S. Will Miss Coronavirus Test Rollout Goal, Senators Say
- GOP senators says kits to be in mail by end of this week
- Distribution, training ‘going to take time,’ Lankford says
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The Trump administration won’t be able to meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week, senators said after a briefing from health officials.
“There won’t be a million people to get a test by the end of the week,” Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida said in Washington Thursday. “It’s way smaller than that. And still, at this point, it’s still through public-health departments.”